Pablo Neruda
I knew rooms full of ashes, Tunnels where the moon lived, Rough warehouses that growled ‘get lost’, Questions that insisted in the sand.-Pablo Neruda
September 5, 2003
High Surf Alert: It’s Passing By, But Fabian Is Talk of Island
Fabian, the season’s worst hurricane so far, is expected to pass far out to sea this weekend, to the relief of many Vineyarders. The threat of an approaching big storm and a summer of gray skies kept weather in the fore as a topic this week.
Freshmen Navigate Way Through Orientation
Wednesday, Sept. 3: Freshman Orientation Day at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School. It is gray and oppressive outside, the dark sky a harbinger of later months, when yellow buses will gather the Island’s teenagers from street corners and the ends of dirt roads before sun-up.
Last week, weather like this would have been…
Fast Ferry Deal Set, Ending a Long Path
Fast Ferry Deal Set, Ending a Long Path
Dockage and Parking Agreements Part of the Package that Will Establish New Service Starting Next Spring
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
The high-speed ferry deal is done – or almost done.
Final agreements were signed this week that…
County Contract Signed; Davis Starts on Tuesday
County Contract Signed; Davis Starts on Tuesday
By ALEXIS TONTI
After an exhausting search process that began in January, the Dukes County commission signed a three-year $71,000 contract with the new county manager Thursday afternoon.
At Charter School, Calm First Morning: Games, Recess, Hand Paintings, Lunch
The first day of school at the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School feels almost like a block party: people hugging each other; adults carrying vases of flowers and trays of snacks; children buddying up; first-name basis all around. The occasion is balanced between a sense of celebration and nonchalance. Principal Bob Moore, distinguished by his…
Black Dog Cafe Will Be Closing for Winter; Move Comes After Summer of Expansion
Capping off a year of intense expansion and its first foray into the mainland marketplace, the Black Dog Tavern, Inc. is now trimming back one of its three Island food outlets – shutting down the cafe on State road in Vineyard Haven for the off-season. The decision to close the cafe and lay off more…
